On Mar 7, 2014 1:10 PM, "Wade, Daniel" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I've been dual booting for years and never once use dd to copy the
openbsd.pbr
> If I'm in windows world and want to boot into OpenBSD I run diskpart and
flip the active partition.
> Same in the other direction, fdisk -e and flip the active back to windows.

> I am my own boot manager.

Dude, we need a Daniel mode in mg just to keep that line alive! :-)

.... Ken

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Bob Beck
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 12:15 PM
> To: Theo de Raadt
> Cc: Mark Kettenis; Stuart Henderson; Jean-Philippe Luiggi; OpenBSD
technical list
> Subject: Re: 5.5 and dual-boot
>
> It will affect everyone who needs windows on a laptop for work - or
> filling out pdf forms for foundations, things like that.
>
> It is a good way to ensure snaps get tested less on real hardware.
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >> actually more painful than having to boot windows is to always have
> >> something handy to boot the snap from in order to dd the bootblock off
> >> in case you forget to do it before rebooting, or you're fucked.
> >
> > The new installboot was enabled around a month ago.  The issue is only
> > being talked about now.
> >
> > Apparently... this dual-boot issue is only seen now, indicating that
> > these people don't upgrade very often, or participate in the test
> > cycles leading up to release.
> >
> > Hey, I get it.  Just let's not over-estimate how many people this will
> > affect.
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